Thill-support



No. 6l5,066. Patented Nov. 29, I898. B. E. HOLLY.

THILL SUPPORT.

(Application filed Aug. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT p 0 EEICE.

BRENTON E. HOLLY, OF FULTON, NE\V YORK.

THlLL-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,066, dated November29, 1898. Application filed August 19, 1898- Serial No. 688,988. Nomodel-D To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRENTON E. HOLLY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fulton, in the county of Oswego, in the State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Thill-Supports, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of thillsupporters which areemployed for holding the thills in upright position when the vehicle isnot in use; and it has special reference to the species of supporterswhich have their members pivoted to fold compactly when not in use.

The object of this invention is to provide a thill-supporter which shallbe simpler and less expensive in construction and shall obviate theliability of marring or defacing the parts of the vehicle on which thesupporter is caused to bear when in use; and to that end the inventionconsists in the improved construction and combination of the componentparts of the thill-supporter, as hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved thill-supporter inoperation, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of the same in its foldedcondition.

a denotes the arm by which the thill-supporter is connected to thevehicle, and b the brace by which it supports the thill in uprightposition, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Said arm and brace areboth formed of wood to obviate marring or injuring the surfaces of theparts of the vehicle which said members of the supporter come in contactwith when in use. The attaching-arm a is placed astride either thehead-block c or crossspring d, according to the style of vehicle towhich the supporter is applied.

The rear end of the arm a is curved upward to bear directly on the underside of the body 6 of the vehicle, and thus enable said arm to supportthe thills in upright position by the brace b, which projects upwardfrom the front end of the arm and engages the front of the cross-bar tof the elevated thills. The brace 19 is connected to the arm a by metalstraps f, pivoted at one end to the said arm and at the opposite end tothe brace to allow said brace to be folded back upon the arm when not inuse, as represented in Fig. 2 of the drawings. To sustain the brace inits upright position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the front endof the arm a is formed with a notch a, in which the foot of the bracerests, said notch affording both a bottom bearing and a side bearing forthe brace. To prevent the arm a from slipping forward When in use, I cutin the under side of said arm one or more notches 7L, engaging the rearof the part of the vehicle upon which said arm rests. The wooden facesof the engaged notch obviate marring the surfaces in contact therewith.

My invention resides, first, in the curvature of the arm a, permittingsaid arm to bear directly on the under side of the vehicle-body;secondly, in the notches 7t, out in the under side of the said arm, and,thirdly, in the notch a in the end of the arm for supporting the braceb, all of which features render the thillsupporter very simple andinexpensive in construction and efficient in operation.

What I claim as my invention is- The improved thill-supporter consistingof the arm a curved upward at its rear end and having notches h cut inits under side and the notch a in its front end, the brace Z) seated insaid end notch, and the straps ff pivoted at one end to the aforesaidarm and at the opposite end to the brace substantially as described andshown.

BRENTON E. HOLLY. Witnesses:

J. J. LAASS, H. B. SMITH.

